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Prof. Himanshu Aggarwal 

Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry

CO2 capture and conversion, COFs and POPs, Crystallography, Gas/vapor Separation, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Sensing
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Research Projects

  1. Agency: Department of Science & Technology – SERB – Core Research grant, India

Title: Design of MOFs for separation of gas/vapor mixtures and CO2 conversion.

Amount: 41 Lakhs INR (48k USD).

Investigators: Himanshu Aggarwal (PI). Duration: 3 years, Feb 2023 – March 2026.

 

  1. Agency: Cross Disciplinary Research Grant, BITS-Pilani, India.

Title: Porous materials for simple, rapid, non-invasive, and low-cost colorimetric detection of modified nucleoside-based urinary biomarkers for cancer and diabetes.

Amount: 20 Lakhs INR (24k USD).

Investigators: Himanshu Aggarwal (PI). Duration: 2 years, Sept 2023 – March 2025.

 

  1. Agency: Department of Science-SERB-SRG grant,

Title: Synthesis of highly stable Zr-based mixed-linker metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for humidity control and gas separation.

Amount: 22 Lakhs INR (27k USD).

Investigators: Himanshu Aggarwal (PI). Duration: 2 years, Jan 2020 – March 2022.

 

  1. Agency: Royal Society of chemistry, UK.

Title: MOF based humidity sensors.

Amount: 4 Lakhs INR (5k USD).

Investigators: Himanshu Aggarwal (PI). Duration: 3 years, Sept 2021-Sept 2024.

 

  1. Agency: Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS-Pilani, India.

Title: Design of highly stable fluorescent metal-organic frameworks for iodine capture.

Amount: 10 Lakhs INR (12k USD).

Investigators: Himanshu Aggarwal (PI). Duration: 2 years, Sept 2019 – Sept 2021.

 

  1. Agency: Research Initiation Grant, BITS-Pilani, India.

Title: Synthesis of metal-organic frameworks for indoor humidity control.

Amount: 2 Lakhs INR (3k USD).

Investigators: Himanshu Aggarwal (PI). Duration: 2 years, Jan 2019 – Jan 2021.